WEBVTT - Hour 2: Christmas Bible Questions 0:00:08.480 --> 0:00:11.900 Hello, friends. It's time for the second hour of Open 0:00:11.900 --> 0:00:15.860 Line with me. Michael Zelnick. This is Moody Radio's Bible 0:00:15.860 --> 0:00:21.410 Study Across America, where we're taking your questions about the Bible, God, 0:00:21.410 --> 0:00:25.880 and the spiritual life. I'm, uh, my name, as I said, 0:00:25.880 --> 0:00:28.220 is Michael Zelnick. I'm the academic dean here at Moody 0:00:28.220 --> 0:00:32.090 Bible Institute. I teach Jewish studies and Bible, and we're 0:00:32.090 --> 0:00:35.690 live today sitting around the radio kitchen table talking about 0:00:35.690 --> 0:00:37.670 your questions. So it's time to give me a call. 0:00:37.670 --> 0:00:40.640 People often say, when can I get my call in? 0:00:40.640 --> 0:00:43.129 I'd like to call, but it's always busy at the 0:00:43.130 --> 0:00:46.460 beginning of the hour. 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And Trish 0:01:33.720 --> 0:01:35.550 will put it in the mailbag, and then we'll talk 0:01:35.550 --> 0:01:39.660 about it on the air. So that's open line radio.org. 0:01:39.660 --> 0:01:41.880 All the other links there I think you'll find helpful 0:01:41.880 --> 0:01:46.380 as well. Uh anyway, I hope you have your Bible open. 0:01:46.380 --> 0:01:49.290 Hope you have a second cup of coffee, because we're 0:01:49.290 --> 0:01:52.230 ready to talk about the scriptures. And we're going to 0:01:52.230 --> 0:01:56.970 talk with Roger in Minnesota, listening on KBW and also 0:01:56.970 --> 0:01:59.310 listening on the Moody Radio app. Welcome to Open Line. Roger. 0:01:59.310 --> 0:02:00.600 How can I help you today? 0:02:01.320 --> 0:02:04.350 Um, thank you for taking my call. Um, I had 0:02:04.380 --> 0:02:07.290 a thing happen to me. I was on Facebook about 0:02:07.290 --> 0:02:09.930 a week ago or so, and I was I posted 0:02:09.930 --> 0:02:13.560 a couple of positive things about the election, and, uh, 0:02:13.560 --> 0:02:16.620 a classmate that I haven't really talked to since high 0:02:16.620 --> 0:02:22.770 school popped on, and he started saying that I was crazy. And, uh, 0:02:22.770 --> 0:02:26.850 the president elect has the Antichrist. And so that triggered 0:02:26.850 --> 0:02:30.300 me thinking. I started asking him, well, how do you 0:02:30.300 --> 0:02:32.609 know about the Antichrist? Have you been reading the Bible? 0:02:32.610 --> 0:02:34.950 And he said, no, I don't read that stuff. And 0:02:34.950 --> 0:02:37.350 I gave him my testimony and he says, well, you're 0:02:37.350 --> 0:02:42.030 believing a lie. And I said that, um, no, I'm 0:02:42.030 --> 0:02:44.010 not believing a lie. And I told him about a 0:02:44.010 --> 0:02:46.410 couple of miracles in particular that. 0:02:46.440 --> 0:02:50.940 Well, Roger, Roger, Roger, just just go ahead with a question, 0:02:50.940 --> 0:02:51.990 if that's okay. 0:02:52.380 --> 0:02:56.790 Oh. I'm sorry. Okay. Um, uh, it turns out that 0:02:56.790 --> 0:03:00.220 he mellowed out and put a heart up. And he said, 0:03:00.220 --> 0:03:02.560 I see where you're coming from. I've been hard on you. 0:03:02.560 --> 0:03:06.190 And I said that, well, I, um, I want to 0:03:06.190 --> 0:03:08.530 reach out to you. And, um, where do I go 0:03:08.530 --> 0:03:11.980 from here without saying something stupid or, you know, and 0:03:12.010 --> 0:03:13.450 but using scripture. 0:03:13.450 --> 0:03:17.260 So now that's not the question we have on the, 0:03:17.290 --> 0:03:20.620 on the screen here. Uh, okay. 0:03:21.940 --> 0:03:24.220 I'm kind of nervous about the whole thing too, but. 0:03:24.250 --> 0:03:27.310 Okay. Uh, let me ask you this. What I would 0:03:27.310 --> 0:03:29.920 do is always maintain a relationship. I'll answer the question 0:03:29.919 --> 0:03:33.940 you asked. Maintain a relationship. I like to think, uh, 0:03:33.940 --> 0:03:37.210 it's really important when we share our faith to do it. 0:03:37.240 --> 0:03:40.450 I like an agricultural model. You know, the first thing 0:03:40.450 --> 0:03:42.760 you do when you're going to grow something is you 0:03:42.760 --> 0:03:46.150 break up the soil, you, you, and then you sow 0:03:46.150 --> 0:03:50.290 seed in it. And then the third part is so 0:03:50.290 --> 0:03:54.820 you have cultivation of the soil, sowing the seed, weeding it. 0:03:54.820 --> 0:03:59.360 And then finally reaping, letting it grow and reaping a harvest. 0:03:59.360 --> 0:04:04.010 So the the first part of cultivating the soil is 0:04:04.040 --> 0:04:08.779 with relationship of friendship. That's it. That's what what breaks 0:04:08.780 --> 0:04:11.960 up the soil and allows the seed to be sown. 0:04:11.960 --> 0:04:15.290 So I would start with keeping that relationship open. Keep 0:04:15.320 --> 0:04:20.060 talking with him. Uh, periodically raise a flag, identify as 0:04:20.060 --> 0:04:22.610 a believer, talk about an answer to prayer. Talk about 0:04:22.610 --> 0:04:25.310 something God is doing in your life and see if 0:04:25.310 --> 0:04:28.940 he is wanting to hear more. If he is, then 0:04:29.000 --> 0:04:33.500 what you get to do is sow seed. Uh, well, 0:04:33.529 --> 0:04:39.290 arguing is probably not the best, but it depends. You know, I, 0:04:39.320 --> 0:04:42.560 I had a relationship with Hilda Kozar and we argued 0:04:42.560 --> 0:04:46.460 through the scriptures. Uh, you look at acts 17, Paul 0:04:46.460 --> 0:04:50.179 argued in the synagogues over whether or not Jesus is 0:04:50.180 --> 0:04:56.090 the Messiah. So it's not hostilely arguing, but engaging with 0:04:56.089 --> 0:04:59.690 each other. That's, I think, important. One of the things 0:04:59.690 --> 0:05:02.390 when when you sow seed, the very first thing that 0:05:02.390 --> 0:05:05.270 happens is weeds come up. That's objections. And that's when 0:05:05.270 --> 0:05:08.839 you you clear out those weeds. You're answering those objections 0:05:08.839 --> 0:05:11.360 which could be perceived by some as arguing, but just 0:05:11.360 --> 0:05:16.010 answering those objections. And then finally, when you'll perceive when 0:05:16.010 --> 0:05:18.770 a person's getting ready, you ask them what's keeping them 0:05:18.770 --> 0:05:22.100 from trusting in Jesus. And they might say this or that. 0:05:22.130 --> 0:05:25.310 You might answer those objections, but, you know, give them time, 0:05:25.310 --> 0:05:29.690 and that will be the way to encourage someone to 0:05:29.720 --> 0:05:31.640 make a decision. If they say, I can't think of 0:05:31.640 --> 0:05:34.940 anything keeping me from trusting in Jesus, then you say, well, 0:05:34.940 --> 0:05:37.850 let's do that right now. How about that? So and 0:05:37.850 --> 0:05:39.590 by the way, if you're listening and people have been 0:05:39.589 --> 0:05:44.029 sowing seed in your life, what's keeping you from trusting 0:05:44.029 --> 0:05:46.070 in Jesus right now? All you have to do is 0:05:46.070 --> 0:05:49.490 tell them, I know I've done things wrong, but God 0:05:49.490 --> 0:05:52.099 sent the Messiah, Jesus, who died for my sins and 0:05:52.100 --> 0:05:55.470 rose again put my trust. I put my trust in him. 0:05:55.470 --> 0:05:57.539 And if you'll do that right now, there should be 0:05:57.540 --> 0:06:00.029 nothing keeping you from doing that if you put your 0:06:00.029 --> 0:06:03.150 trust in him. I just love it. A forever. A 0:06:03.180 --> 0:06:08.039 forever forgiven relationship with God taking us through this life 0:06:08.040 --> 0:06:11.880 and into the next. What a great, great privilege. So anyway, 0:06:11.880 --> 0:06:14.849 thanks for your call, Roger. Really appreciate it. Uh, we're 0:06:14.850 --> 0:06:20.789 going to talk with Alice in Pompano, Pompano Beach, Florida, 0:06:20.820 --> 0:06:24.359 listening on Wrnb. Welcome to Open Line. Alice. How can 0:06:24.360 --> 0:06:25.110 I help you? 0:06:26.010 --> 0:06:29.099 Hi. I just had two points I wanted to make 0:06:29.130 --> 0:06:32.250 and see if you agree with them. The first is 0:06:32.250 --> 0:06:37.140 on repentance, and people seem to extend it out to 0:06:37.170 --> 0:06:42.360 mean something besides change your mind. The Bible says God repented. 0:06:42.360 --> 0:06:46.560 So as far as I'm concerned, you know in either 0:06:46.560 --> 0:06:50.370 language it would be change your mind. But the other 0:06:50.370 --> 0:06:56.920 thing is um, regarding salvation. Like people say, it's God's gift, 0:06:57.279 --> 0:07:01.090 but they don't give him full credit for the payment. 0:07:01.120 --> 0:07:04.630 They think they have to commit their lives to follow Christ. 0:07:04.660 --> 0:07:08.920 Ask them in their heart. Confess like those things are 0:07:08.920 --> 0:07:12.880 for service. They have nothing to do with free salvation. 0:07:12.880 --> 0:07:15.220 When you believe, you get salvation. 0:07:15.250 --> 0:07:18.250 Okay, Alice, let me just explain. Uh, first of all, 0:07:18.250 --> 0:07:21.280 what repentance is. Repentance in the New Testament means change 0:07:21.280 --> 0:07:25.210 your mind. So, for example, in acts three, when, uh, 0:07:25.510 --> 0:07:28.600 speaking to a crowd of Jewish people who had rejected Jesus, 0:07:28.600 --> 0:07:33.880 Peter says, repent, change your mind. You rejected him as Messiah. 0:07:33.910 --> 0:07:39.190 Accept him now as the Messiah. So that's metanoia. There's 0:07:39.190 --> 0:07:41.950 another word that's used both in the Hebrew Bible of 0:07:41.980 --> 0:07:44.530 turn and in the in the New Testament as well, 0:07:44.530 --> 0:07:48.370 means to turn. And what that refers to is turn 0:07:48.370 --> 0:07:50.740 away from what you used to trust and turn to 0:07:50.740 --> 0:07:53.560 the one you do you now trust. So faith and 0:07:53.560 --> 0:07:57.040 repentance are two sides of the same coin. I think 0:07:57.040 --> 0:08:01.450 a great example of that usage is in First Thessalonians 0:08:01.450 --> 0:08:07.870 chapter one, where it talks about Paul's describing the Thessalonians, 0:08:07.870 --> 0:08:11.590 and he talks about how they came to faith. And 0:08:11.590 --> 0:08:16.450 what he says is that they turned from idols. Here 0:08:16.450 --> 0:08:22.540 it is. Ready. Uh, they said he says in verse nine, 0:08:22.540 --> 0:08:25.810 first Thessalonians one nine for they they themselves report what 0:08:25.810 --> 0:08:28.960 kind of reception we had from you, how you turned 0:08:28.960 --> 0:08:33.490 to God from idols to serve the living and true God, 0:08:33.490 --> 0:08:35.979 and to wait for his son. So what did they do? 0:08:36.010 --> 0:08:38.860 They turned to God. But what did they also do? 0:08:38.890 --> 0:08:42.550 They turned away from idols. And so, in a sense, 0:08:42.550 --> 0:08:46.480 faith is turning to God, trusting in what Jesus has provided, 0:08:46.480 --> 0:08:50.540 his death and his resurrection And repentance is turning away 0:08:50.540 --> 0:08:53.329 from that which we used to trust our own good deeds, 0:08:53.330 --> 0:08:59.330 our own righteousness, anything like that. Okay. I appreciate the call, Alice. Uh, 0:08:59.330 --> 0:09:04.790 thanks so much. Uh, we're going to talk to, uh, 0:09:04.820 --> 0:09:10.100 Wilburn in Akron, Ohio, listening on Wkjf. Welcome to Open Line. Wilburn. 0:09:11.510 --> 0:09:14.990 Yes. How are you doing, doctor? Uh, I know it 0:09:14.990 --> 0:09:19.310 may be early. Happy hanukkah. Thank you. Shalom. Thank you. Yeah. 0:09:19.820 --> 0:09:20.660 To you as well. 0:09:20.990 --> 0:09:26.780 My question. Okay. My question is from Galatians when God 0:09:26.780 --> 0:09:30.890 says the Bible says Paul, God is not mocked. We 0:09:30.890 --> 0:09:35.120 must show what we reap. So the reaping process. Now, 0:09:35.150 --> 0:09:36.859 do we do that on our own, or can God 0:09:36.860 --> 0:09:38.900 still be with us? Or just like since we don't 0:09:38.900 --> 0:09:42.110 mock God, you know, like he just leaves us, you know, 0:09:42.140 --> 0:09:44.690 like to reap whatever it is, whether it's good or 0:09:44.690 --> 0:09:45.890 bad on our own. 0:09:46.040 --> 0:09:47.030 Well, sir. 0:09:47.300 --> 0:09:50.390 I don't think reaping is something that we choose to do. 0:09:50.420 --> 0:09:52.700 Here's what the let's read the whole verse. So you 0:09:52.700 --> 0:09:55.579 see what it's saying. It says, don't be deceived. God 0:09:55.580 --> 0:09:59.450 is not mocked. Whatever a man sows, he will also reap. Well, 0:09:59.450 --> 0:10:02.150 what is he talking about? Sowing? Because the one who 0:10:02.150 --> 0:10:07.310 sows to his flesh will reap corruption from the flesh, 0:10:07.429 --> 0:10:09.679 but the one who sows to the spirit will reap 0:10:09.710 --> 0:10:14.720 eternal life from the spirit. So the the point is 0:10:14.720 --> 0:10:18.860 that what are we feeding in our lives? Are we 0:10:18.860 --> 0:10:24.140 feeding our spirit or that's sowing? Are we feeding, uh, 0:10:24.140 --> 0:10:28.940 our flesh? Uh, what are we inputting? You know, the 0:10:28.940 --> 0:10:32.900 old computer principle. Garbage in, garbage out. That's all this is. 0:10:33.200 --> 0:10:37.460 If we if we if we fill our mind with trash, 0:10:37.670 --> 0:10:41.930 watch movies that are corrupting. If we read books that 0:10:41.929 --> 0:10:44.750 harm us, if we, uh, spend, I think a lot 0:10:44.780 --> 0:10:49.440 of time on the internet. The result will be it 0:10:49.440 --> 0:10:53.760 will corrupt our souls. The consequence? That's what we we. 0:10:53.760 --> 0:10:56.640 That's what reaping is. What's the consequence of that? Our 0:10:56.640 --> 0:11:01.380 behavior will reflect that corruption. However, if we read scripture, 0:11:01.380 --> 0:11:04.260 if we renew our minds, if we listen to spiritual music, 0:11:04.260 --> 0:11:07.980 if we, uh, if we input into our mind things 0:11:07.980 --> 0:11:10.620 that are of value, like Philippians four talks about anything 0:11:10.650 --> 0:11:14.579 of excellence, then what will will have a harvest of 0:11:14.580 --> 0:11:19.290 righteousness and eternal life? So that's that's what that's talking about. 0:11:19.290 --> 0:11:22.709 So appreciate the call. Wilburn. Thank you so much. We're 0:11:22.710 --> 0:11:25.260 going to take a break here. When we come back 0:11:25.260 --> 0:11:31.740 we'll talk about your questions. Again the number (877) 548-3675. My 0:11:31.740 --> 0:11:34.650 name is Michael Radonich. This is open line on the 0:11:34.650 --> 0:11:38.580 Moody Radio. All across Moody Radio. So stay with us. 0:11:38.580 --> 0:11:40.050 We'll be right back. 0:11:58.480 --> 0:12:18.130 Emmanuel. Emmanuel. Emmanuel. Emmanuel. Wonderful counselor, Lord of life. Lord 0:12:18.130 --> 0:12:21.610 of all. He is the Prince of Peace. 0:12:21.640 --> 0:12:24.579 Ah! One of my favorite passages from Scripture put to 0:12:24.610 --> 0:12:28.660 song Isaiah nine six. Uh, and that's actually one of 0:12:28.660 --> 0:12:31.030 the passages we'll be studying when we do a special 0:12:31.030 --> 0:12:34.720 Christmas Bible study. It'll be Chris favorite, and Tricia McMillan 0:12:34.720 --> 0:12:38.709 and Eva Wright and me will be studying passages from 0:12:38.710 --> 0:12:41.590 the Book of Isaiah that foretell the coming of the Messiah. 0:12:41.620 --> 0:12:44.020 That'll be one of them. I hope you'll be listening. 0:12:44.050 --> 0:12:46.600 A couple of weeks from now on, a special pre-recorded 0:12:46.600 --> 0:12:51.490 open line. Uh, also, uh, I it's kind of like 0:12:51.490 --> 0:12:54.190 carols here at Moody Bible Institute this weekend. It's one 0:12:54.190 --> 0:12:57.849 of the great productions that Moody does. We love it here. 0:12:57.850 --> 0:13:02.290 And it's just wonderful. And, uh, one of the encouraging 0:13:02.290 --> 0:13:05.230 things is I met some kitchen table partners on the 0:13:05.230 --> 0:13:09.160 Journeys of Paul tour that I went on in September, 0:13:09.160 --> 0:13:12.370 and they are going to they drove up from other 0:13:12.370 --> 0:13:15.880 states and they are here for the weekend, and they're 0:13:15.880 --> 0:13:17.890 going to Candlelight Carols, and I'm going to meet up 0:13:17.890 --> 0:13:20.800 with some of our kitchen table partners tonight. I'm pretty 0:13:20.800 --> 0:13:23.709 excited about that. What's a kitchen table partner? It's people 0:13:23.710 --> 0:13:26.979 who commit to give monthly so we can stay on 0:13:26.980 --> 0:13:30.160 the air weekly. And one of the things I like 0:13:30.160 --> 0:13:32.230 to do is I send every other week a special 0:13:32.260 --> 0:13:36.250 Bible study moment right into their mailbox, their email box, 0:13:36.250 --> 0:13:38.979 and then they click on that, get to hear a 0:13:38.980 --> 0:13:41.870 little Bible study for about 5 or 7 minutes. and 0:13:41.870 --> 0:13:44.120 I love producing those. Eva helps me with those quite 0:13:44.150 --> 0:13:47.090 a bit. She'll join me for these little Bible studies. 0:13:47.090 --> 0:13:50.150 We have a good time talking about it, and it's 0:13:50.150 --> 0:13:52.640 just a way of saying thank you. And by the way, 0:13:52.640 --> 0:13:58.880 people who commit to a $30 a month commitment for 0:13:58.880 --> 0:14:03.950 the the kitchen table partner, you get 50% off of 0:14:03.950 --> 0:14:09.050 the entire Moody Publishers catalog. What a great opportunity. That'd 0:14:09.080 --> 0:14:10.910 be a great thing to do even today. I mean, 0:14:10.940 --> 0:14:15.470 it's Christmas season and wow, that you you can do 0:14:15.470 --> 0:14:17.540 all your Christmas shopping if you become a kitchen table 0:14:17.540 --> 0:14:20.690 partner like that. So anyway, I really want to encourage 0:14:20.690 --> 0:14:24.109 you if that's something you'd like to do, uh, please 0:14:24.110 --> 0:14:26.600 don't hesitate. All you have to do is go to 0:14:26.630 --> 0:14:32.600 Openline radio.org, uh, and you'll see a link there about 0:14:32.600 --> 0:14:35.420 how to become a kitchen table partner. Or you can 0:14:35.420 --> 0:14:45.480 call 7122. That's (888) 644-7122. We're going to go right back 0:14:45.480 --> 0:14:48.690 to the phones now. Uh, we're going to talk to 0:14:48.720 --> 0:14:53.820 Barbara in Chicago listening on Wmbi, our flagship station. Welcome 0:14:53.820 --> 0:14:55.140 to Open Line. Barbara. Hi. 0:14:55.890 --> 0:15:00.150 Thank you. Michael, um, I was wondering when the angel 0:15:00.150 --> 0:15:02.610 came to Mary and told her that she should call 0:15:02.730 --> 0:15:07.410 her son Jesus. Is that the origin of the name? Uh, 0:15:07.410 --> 0:15:10.830 is it the Greek origin? Because I know the Jews 0:15:10.830 --> 0:15:15.810 call Jesus Yeshua. Why aren't we calling Jesus Yeshua too? 0:15:15.840 --> 0:15:19.860 Well, in the event, I'm sure the angels spoke Aramaic 0:15:19.860 --> 0:15:24.930 or Hebrew with Mary and said, Yeshua, because that's the 0:15:24.930 --> 0:15:30.090 Hebrew name. Uh, it's like Joshua. That's really that's really 0:15:30.090 --> 0:15:35.400 what it is. Yehoshua uh, or shortened form Yeshua salvation. 0:15:35.400 --> 0:15:38.130 And so that's what I'm sure was said, however, when 0:15:38.130 --> 0:15:40.500 the Gospels were written in Greek. 0:15:40.860 --> 0:15:42.180 I don't have my phone right now. 0:15:43.680 --> 0:15:49.050 We're at a drive up window right now. There we are. So. Okay, Barbara. 0:15:49.050 --> 0:15:53.700 So when the Bibles were written in Greek, they the 0:15:53.700 --> 0:15:56.490 gospel was written. The Gospels were written in Greek. They 0:15:56.490 --> 0:16:02.220 used the name Jesus, which is the Greek word for Yeshua. 0:16:02.760 --> 0:16:07.140 They just used the Greek word, the Greek transliteration Jesus. 0:16:07.410 --> 0:16:14.220 And then when it was translated into English, Jesus became Jesus. 0:16:14.220 --> 0:16:17.250 That's it. It's it's just going from one language to 0:16:17.280 --> 0:16:19.650 another language to another language. And that's how it goes 0:16:19.650 --> 0:16:26.070 from Yeshua to Jesus to Jesus. That's what we've got. And, uh, 0:16:26.100 --> 0:16:30.660 you know, I feel comfortable calling him Yeshua. That's probably 0:16:30.660 --> 0:16:34.020 if it wouldn't shock everyone in the radio audience, I 0:16:34.020 --> 0:16:37.050 would probably call him Yeshua 100% of the time, because 0:16:37.090 --> 0:16:40.420 that's even when I read my Bible and I see Jesus, 0:16:40.420 --> 0:16:43.540 I see Yeshua. When I see Christ, I say Messiah. 0:16:43.570 --> 0:16:47.320 That's that's just natural to me. Partially because I was 0:16:47.320 --> 0:16:51.460 raised in a Jewish home. And honestly, I thought the 0:16:51.460 --> 0:16:53.920 name Jesus Christ was a first and a last name. 0:16:54.460 --> 0:16:57.250 You know, like Joseph, Christ, Mary, Christ. And they had 0:16:57.250 --> 0:16:59.740 a little baby boy named Jesus Christ. I didn't have 0:16:59.740 --> 0:17:03.220 any idea that Christ meant Messiah. So when I first 0:17:03.220 --> 0:17:06.850 heard the gospel and heard that the name or the 0:17:06.850 --> 0:17:12.100 title Christus meant Messiah, I'm like, ah! And I really 0:17:12.100 --> 0:17:14.560 prefer that because that's who I was looking for. I 0:17:14.560 --> 0:17:17.409 was looking for the Messiah. Every Jewish person is longing 0:17:17.410 --> 0:17:20.230 for the coming of the Messiah. So but, you know, 0:17:20.260 --> 0:17:22.420 I kind of adapt to the culture of our listeners. 0:17:22.420 --> 0:17:24.609 And I say the Lord Jesus and and I'm happy 0:17:24.609 --> 0:17:27.969 with that. Uh, you know, God understands whatever word we use. 0:17:27.970 --> 0:17:30.879 That's fine. Now, I will caution you. There's a lot 0:17:30.910 --> 0:17:34.600 of people out there saying that his Hebrew name is Yeshua, 0:17:34.600 --> 0:17:37.530 and that is a corruption. It is not right. It's 0:17:37.560 --> 0:17:40.380 they say it's the combination of the your the name 0:17:40.380 --> 0:17:43.590 of God, Yahweh and Shua, which I don't know what 0:17:43.590 --> 0:17:47.070 they're saying it is. That's not what it's Yeshua. Uh, 0:17:47.070 --> 0:17:51.540 y e s uh y e lead to it again. 0:17:51.570 --> 0:17:56.609 Y e s h ü and that's that's what I would, uh, 0:17:56.640 --> 0:17:58.500 you know, if you're going to call him by his 0:17:58.500 --> 0:18:00.419 Hebrew name. That's it. Okay. 0:18:01.350 --> 0:18:02.639 Okay. Thank you so much, Michael. 0:18:02.670 --> 0:18:05.970 Yeah. Thank you so much for calling Barbara. Uh, Randy 0:18:05.970 --> 0:18:09.030 in Indiana, listening on WGN. Ah, welcome to Open Line. 0:18:09.030 --> 0:18:10.200 How can I help you? 0:18:10.830 --> 0:18:13.320 Hey. Good morning Michael. Thank you for taking my call. 0:18:13.320 --> 0:18:16.050 I have a question for you. I'm sort of, uh, 0:18:16.050 --> 0:18:20.100 learning Christian. And, uh, when we get to heaven, are 0:18:20.100 --> 0:18:22.260 we going to know, like, our parents? Are we going 0:18:22.290 --> 0:18:24.600 to recognize them as our parents, or are we going 0:18:24.630 --> 0:18:29.670 to recognize our siblings or grandfather or grandmother? Uh, that 0:18:29.700 --> 0:18:33.750 sort of, uh, confusing to me a little bit there. Well. 0:18:34.260 --> 0:18:37.939 I'll give you a couple of reasons why I think, yes, 0:18:37.940 --> 0:18:43.609 we will recognize people, uh, in Luke 16. And it's 0:18:43.609 --> 0:18:46.280 a parable. I recognize this the parable of Lazarus and 0:18:46.280 --> 0:18:49.190 the rich man. But the rich man, even though he 0:18:49.190 --> 0:18:54.890 is separated from Lazarus and and suffering, whereas Lazarus is 0:18:54.890 --> 0:18:59.119 finding comfort at Abraham's bosom, the the rich man recognizes 0:18:59.150 --> 0:19:02.600 Abraham as Abraham. People say, how did he know it 0:19:02.600 --> 0:19:06.860 was Abraham? I maybe name tags, I don't know. But 0:19:07.040 --> 0:19:11.240 the thing is, he was recognizable. And also in First 0:19:11.240 --> 0:19:14.840 Thessalonians chapter four, it talks about the great reunion that's 0:19:14.840 --> 0:19:18.020 going to take place when the dead in Christ shall 0:19:18.020 --> 0:19:22.399 rise first, and we who are alive and remain are translated, 0:19:22.400 --> 0:19:24.980 and we'll meet them in the air, and so will 0:19:24.980 --> 0:19:28.700 be together with them forever. So it does appear that 0:19:28.700 --> 0:19:33.199 there's a great reunion that happens at the rapture. And 0:19:33.200 --> 0:19:35.070 so I think that when we if we die and 0:19:35.070 --> 0:19:38.609 go to heaven, we see them before that rapture that yes, 0:19:38.609 --> 0:19:42.330 indeed will will recognize them. Okay. 0:19:42.450 --> 0:19:44.820 Well, I appreciate that. Thank you very much. 0:19:45.060 --> 0:19:48.929 Thank you for asking. Uh, call again. Thanks a lot. Uh, 0:19:48.930 --> 0:19:52.919 we're we're going to talk with Adrian in Florida listening 0:19:52.920 --> 0:19:55.649 on R&B. Welcome to Open Line. Adrian. 0:19:56.670 --> 0:19:59.250 Hi. Thank you for taking my call. Um, I was 0:19:59.250 --> 0:20:02.280 just reading how God spoke through Nathan to David when 0:20:02.280 --> 0:20:04.890 he said, I will build you a house. And then 0:20:04.920 --> 0:20:07.500 with the incident with Bathsheba. I was just wondering why 0:20:07.530 --> 0:20:10.919 God never spoke to David directly where he was a 0:20:10.920 --> 0:20:13.320 man after his own heart. But then he spoke to 0:20:13.350 --> 0:20:16.260 Solomon and other kings that that weren't as close to 0:20:16.290 --> 0:20:17.580 to God as David. 0:20:17.609 --> 0:20:20.100 Well, he didn't really speak to Solomon. He spoke to 0:20:20.130 --> 0:20:21.719 Solomon in a dream. 0:20:22.619 --> 0:20:24.120 Yeah, yeah, yeah. 0:20:24.150 --> 0:20:29.459 So there's only one prophet through to whom God spoke 0:20:29.490 --> 0:20:34.240 face to face. That was Moses and Moses was promised 0:20:34.240 --> 0:20:38.470 that God would send a prophet like him to Israel. 0:20:38.470 --> 0:20:41.980 That would be the Messiah, the Lord Jesus. Deuteronomy 18 0:20:41.980 --> 0:20:46.330 predicts that. And so why it is that he chose 0:20:46.330 --> 0:20:49.570 to speak to David through a prophet, but chose to 0:20:49.570 --> 0:20:55.960 speak to Solomon through a dream? No clue. Uh, you know, uh, 0:20:56.320 --> 0:20:58.600 I don't think there's anything in Scripture that would tell 0:20:58.630 --> 0:21:01.359 us why, other than God is sovereign and decides to 0:21:01.390 --> 0:21:04.570 do whatever he wants to do. Okay. 0:21:04.600 --> 0:21:06.429 Okay. Yeah. Okay. Thank you. 0:21:06.460 --> 0:21:11.500 Yeah. Okay. Thanks for calling, Adrian. Appreciate it. Uh, Joni 0:21:11.500 --> 0:21:15.700 in Nashville, Tennessee. Welcome, listener. Welcome to Open Line. How 0:21:15.700 --> 0:21:16.840 can I help you today? 0:21:18.280 --> 0:21:18.970 Um, yeah. 0:21:19.000 --> 0:21:23.320 I was I've been listening, and I am just very curious. 0:21:23.320 --> 0:21:28.060 Where did evil come from? Has it always existed? Just 0:21:28.060 --> 0:21:29.170 like God? 0:21:29.530 --> 0:21:36.340 No evil. Evil is not tangible, you know. 0:21:36.369 --> 0:21:39.130 Well, neither. Neither is God at this point. 0:21:39.340 --> 0:21:43.150 Well, the what I mean, he's not evil, is not 0:21:43.150 --> 0:21:46.300 a being, is what I'm saying. Uh oh. 0:21:46.330 --> 0:21:47.020 Okay. 0:21:47.050 --> 0:21:47.980 You know. 0:21:48.369 --> 0:21:52.840 Uh, God is an eternal being, and he always existed. Uh, 0:21:52.840 --> 0:21:56.109 in fact, there was no such thing as a beginning 0:21:56.140 --> 0:22:01.780 until God created beginnings. Uh, but where did. 0:22:01.780 --> 0:22:02.950 Evil come from? 0:22:03.310 --> 0:22:04.510 Well. 0:22:05.080 --> 0:22:08.290 You know, uh, I'll do my best to try to 0:22:08.320 --> 0:22:10.570 answer that. I'm not sure that anyone has the best 0:22:10.570 --> 0:22:19.030 answer for that. Uh, but God isn't the author of evil. Uh, and, uh, 0:22:19.060 --> 0:22:23.469 and that's really important, uh, for us to know that God, 0:22:24.700 --> 0:22:31.399 God didn't create evil. Okay. Uh, Now it does say 0:22:31.670 --> 0:22:37.340 in Isaiah 45 that this is a verse that some 0:22:37.340 --> 0:22:42.350 people cite as God creating evil. Uh, it says in 0:22:42.350 --> 0:22:48.200 Isaiah 45, um, I got to look it up. Uh, 0:22:48.710 --> 0:22:53.149 that in verse seven it says, I form light. 0:22:53.660 --> 0:22:53.900 And. 0:22:53.900 --> 0:22:59.689 Create darkness. I make success and create. And the Hebrew 0:22:59.720 --> 0:23:04.129 word is there for evil. So God creates evil. People say, 0:23:04.130 --> 0:23:08.389 but in context it just means disasters that God is 0:23:08.540 --> 0:23:12.290 in charge of even of of of the tumults in 0:23:12.290 --> 0:23:14.420 the world. If there's a tsunami or something like that, 0:23:14.420 --> 0:23:18.260 that God is still in charge of that. Uh, so 0:23:18.290 --> 0:23:21.230 I don't think God created moral evil. This is how 0:23:21.230 --> 0:23:25.220 I understand where it came from in Ezekiel 28. This 0:23:25.220 --> 0:23:30.060 is the beginning of evil. Uh, its its first talking 0:23:30.090 --> 0:23:32.580 to the king of tyre, and then it goes to 0:23:32.609 --> 0:23:37.230 the power behind the king of tyre, which was Satan. 0:23:37.350 --> 0:23:40.050 And it says the reason I know its not the 0:23:40.050 --> 0:23:41.970 king of tyre any longer. It says you were the 0:23:41.970 --> 0:23:46.050 seal of perfection, full of wisdom and perfect in beauty. 0:23:47.220 --> 0:23:49.500 Can you tell me where you are? Ezekiel 28. 0:23:49.530 --> 0:23:49.920 What? 0:23:49.950 --> 0:23:55.020 Verse 12 God says to the king, are you there? 0:23:55.800 --> 0:23:56.129 Yeah. 0:23:56.310 --> 0:23:59.010 Okay. You are the seal of perfection, full of wisdom, 0:23:59.010 --> 0:24:03.240 perfect in beauty. You were in Eden, the garden of God. Well, 0:24:03.240 --> 0:24:06.060 the King of tyre never was in the Garden of Eden. Uh, 0:24:06.060 --> 0:24:09.480 so this is talking to to the one behind him. Uh, 0:24:09.480 --> 0:24:14.100 every kind of precious stone covered you, and it mentions them. Uh, 0:24:14.100 --> 0:24:17.520 and then it says in verse 14 you were an 0:24:17.520 --> 0:24:21.270 anointed guardian cherub. So he was an angelic being. For 0:24:21.270 --> 0:24:23.940 I had appointed you. You were on the holy mountain 0:24:23.970 --> 0:24:26.760 of God. You walked among the fiery stones from the 0:24:26.760 --> 0:24:29.970 day you were created. This is verse 15. You were 0:24:29.970 --> 0:24:34.530 blameless in your ways until wickedness was found in you. 0:24:35.550 --> 0:24:40.440 Where did that come from? It came from Lucifer, from 0:24:40.440 --> 0:24:44.820 this evil one. God didn't create that. It was found 0:24:44.820 --> 0:24:49.260 in him. Did God allow it? Obviously. But that's the first. 0:24:49.260 --> 0:24:52.470 That's the beginning of evil, as far as I can tell, 0:24:52.470 --> 0:24:53.909 was when Satan fell. 0:24:55.830 --> 0:24:56.880 Okay. Okay. 0:24:57.119 --> 0:25:01.320 All right. So. Well, my, my, that's that's perfect. And 0:25:01.320 --> 0:25:03.630 I've read that passage and that's kind of what I 0:25:03.660 --> 0:25:05.760 had thought. But then when, I don't know, I was 0:25:05.760 --> 0:25:08.850 listening to you talk to other people, and the whole 0:25:08.850 --> 0:25:13.770 subject of evil came up, and I was thrown for 0:25:13.770 --> 0:25:19.409 a loop. Yeah. I always thought that evil was like 0:25:19.410 --> 0:25:23.850 it wasn't a thing, but it. But it has to exist. 0:25:23.880 --> 0:25:28.390 Just like a hole exists in dirt, but without the dirt, 0:25:28.390 --> 0:25:29.440 there's no hole. 0:25:29.470 --> 0:25:33.669 Yeah, the thing is that it didn't exist before Satan fell. 0:25:33.670 --> 0:25:36.940 So don't don't know how it happened. You know, I 0:25:36.940 --> 0:25:40.270 just I know that we don't have every answer. I'll 0:25:40.270 --> 0:25:43.060 give you Deuteronomy 2929. Why don't you look that up? 0:25:43.060 --> 0:25:45.850 I'll read it when we come back. Thanks for your call, Johnny. 0:25:45.880 --> 0:25:48.130 I really appreciate it. We'll be right back with more 0:25:48.130 --> 0:25:50.080 of your questions. Right here on Open Line. 0:25:50.080 --> 0:26:02.469 With Michael Radelet. Oh, man named John the. 0:26:02.470 --> 0:26:12.340 Baptist had been heralding the news about the coming of 0:26:12.340 --> 0:26:17.380 a savior for both the Gentiles. 0:26:17.380 --> 0:26:27.760 And the Jews. And it happened in Judea, in the 0:26:27.760 --> 0:26:30.879 town of Bethlehem. 0:26:31.810 --> 0:26:36.370 With a bright star or the stable. 0:26:36.910 --> 0:26:39.250 Well, there's that great song by Kathy Mattea. Check out 0:26:39.250 --> 0:26:42.159 her Christmas album. One of the best Christmas albums I 0:26:42.160 --> 0:26:45.520 think ever made. And it's a great reminder he came. 0:26:45.520 --> 0:26:48.010 That song begins by talking that the Messiah came for 0:26:48.010 --> 0:26:51.970 both the Gentiles and the Jews. And I want to 0:26:52.000 --> 0:26:54.699 encourage you to remember that when the Lord Jesus came, 0:26:54.700 --> 0:26:57.700 he was the light to the Gentiles and the glory 0:26:57.700 --> 0:27:00.520 of his people, Israel. So. 0:27:00.520 --> 0:27:00.940 Amen. 0:27:01.750 --> 0:27:04.030 Tahira Haynes is going to join me in just a 0:27:04.030 --> 0:27:07.090 moment with the mailbag. I did want to remind us 0:27:07.090 --> 0:27:15.460 all about Deuteronomy uh, 29, verse 29. Uh, the last caller, 0:27:15.460 --> 0:27:17.470 I said, there's some things that we have to just 0:27:17.470 --> 0:27:21.700 trust God to know. Deuteronomy 2929. The hidden things belong 0:27:21.730 --> 0:27:25.320 to the Lord our God, but the revealed things belong 0:27:25.350 --> 0:27:28.770 to us and to our children forever, so that we 0:27:28.770 --> 0:27:31.620 may know and follow all the words of this instruction. 0:27:31.650 --> 0:27:35.100 Now what is this saying? Some things God knows and 0:27:35.100 --> 0:27:37.710 we'll never know. But he revealed what we need to know. 0:27:37.710 --> 0:27:40.590 He revealed that we need to choose good and reject 0:27:40.590 --> 0:27:44.280 the evil. He didn't reveal where evil came from. I 0:27:44.280 --> 0:27:46.619 just am drawing what I can from Scripture and I 0:27:46.619 --> 0:27:48.750 won't go further than that. Don't go beyond that which 0:27:48.750 --> 0:27:52.020 is written, is what Paul says. Uh, one of the 0:27:52.020 --> 0:27:54.360 interesting things I was reading, actually, this is kind of 0:27:54.390 --> 0:27:58.379 a I was reading a book with Eva about by D.L. 0:27:58.410 --> 0:28:03.420 Moody about how to study the scriptures. And, uh, D.L. 0:28:03.420 --> 0:28:10.050 Moody told the this story about a guy named, uh, Talmadge. Uh, 0:28:10.770 --> 0:28:16.350 here's what he says. Talmadge was bothering professor DeWitt with 0:28:16.350 --> 0:28:20.070 questions about the Bible and God and and wanting to 0:28:20.070 --> 0:28:24.360 know things that couldn't be known. The professor said, Mr. Tallmadge, 0:28:24.359 --> 0:28:27.960 you'll have to let God know some things that you don't. 0:28:28.109 --> 0:28:31.230 And I love that. I love that. So there are 0:28:31.230 --> 0:28:33.450 some things we just don't know. God knows. And I'm 0:28:33.450 --> 0:28:37.440 going to be happy with that. 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I'm sorry I had to take up 0:29:49.140 --> 0:29:50.640 your time with all those things. 0:29:50.670 --> 0:29:52.950 No, thank you so much. And we really do love 0:29:52.950 --> 0:29:55.440 our listeners. And we could not do what we do 0:29:55.440 --> 0:29:59.130 without our listeners. So thank you, everyone. And, um, we 0:29:59.130 --> 0:30:02.160 do have some questions. Our first question is from Melanie 0:30:02.160 --> 0:30:05.940 in California, and she listens. She uses the podcast. She says, 0:30:05.940 --> 0:30:08.580 I am a listener of Moody Radio and a fellow 0:30:08.580 --> 0:30:12.420 follower of Jesus Christ. From my understanding of Scripture, Zechariah 0:30:12.420 --> 0:30:16.230 and Elizabeth are descendants from the line of Aaron, a Levite. 0:30:16.260 --> 0:30:20.540 Elizabeth and Mary are cousins, making merry. A Levite, Joseph, 0:30:20.540 --> 0:30:23.300 Mary's husband, is from the line of David, who is 0:30:23.300 --> 0:30:27.050 from the tribe of Judah. How is Jesus considered to 0:30:27.050 --> 0:30:29.990 be from the seed of David? Well. 0:30:31.520 --> 0:30:35.719 According to his by rights, he's got the authority to 0:30:35.750 --> 0:30:38.360 rule on the throne of David, because he was adopted 0:30:38.360 --> 0:30:42.620 by Joseph, and because he was adopted by Joseph wasn't 0:30:42.620 --> 0:30:45.320 his physical father, but adopted by him. And you can 0:30:45.320 --> 0:30:49.580 read the the lineage or the genealogy in Matthew one. 0:30:49.580 --> 0:30:55.070 And that shows where how it goes from David to Solomon, 0:30:55.070 --> 0:30:58.490 and then down all the way to Joseph. Okay. So 0:30:58.490 --> 0:31:01.490 he's the son of David, in that sense, adopted through 0:31:01.520 --> 0:31:04.760 his father, Joseph. If you read the lineage or the 0:31:04.760 --> 0:31:11.810 genealogy in Luke three, that's really Mary's genealogy. And it 0:31:11.810 --> 0:31:14.690 says that she's from the line of David through Nathan 0:31:14.690 --> 0:31:20.630 all the way down to marry and and heli. There 0:31:20.630 --> 0:31:24.200 is Joseph's father in law. Not it says his father, 0:31:24.200 --> 0:31:29.240 but it's Ellie is actually. Or Ellie is actually the 0:31:29.240 --> 0:31:33.440 father in law of Joseph. So it has Mary's genealogy. 0:31:33.440 --> 0:31:36.770 And then it goes to Joseph. Ellie, the father of Joseph. 0:31:36.800 --> 0:31:41.480 It's the father in law of Joseph. So that's Mary's genealogy. 0:31:41.510 --> 0:31:44.960 How can Elizabeth? Elizabeth was also probably from the line 0:31:44.990 --> 0:31:51.470 of David family of David. But she married Zechariah outside 0:31:51.470 --> 0:31:54.980 of her tribe. He was from the priestly tribe. Not 0:31:54.980 --> 0:32:00.320 not Elizabeth. Or it's possible that Elizabeth's parents, her father 0:32:00.320 --> 0:32:02.540 was a priest, and her mother had been from the 0:32:02.540 --> 0:32:07.010 line of David and married in there somewhere back that way. But, uh, 0:32:07.340 --> 0:32:09.770 likely she was from the line of David as well, 0:32:09.770 --> 0:32:13.100 the family of David, and had married into a priestly line. 0:32:13.130 --> 0:32:16.670 Thank you for explaining that, and for tying Elizabeth into 0:32:16.670 --> 0:32:18.620 the story as well. Thank you. 0:32:18.650 --> 0:32:19.130 Yeah. 0:32:19.580 --> 0:32:21.110 I hope that answered it, I hope so. 0:32:21.140 --> 0:32:24.140 Yeah. And thank you, Melanie, for that question. We have 0:32:24.140 --> 0:32:29.750 another question from Susan in Idaho who listens via Kmbi. 0:32:29.780 --> 0:32:33.890 What is the birth order of Noah's sons in Genesis 0:32:33.920 --> 0:32:37.430 924 it says the youngest son. And is that referring 0:32:37.460 --> 0:32:40.700 to him or to the youngest grandson? Cainan? 0:32:40.730 --> 0:32:41.570 Well. 0:32:42.770 --> 0:32:46.070 This is one of those things where, uh, let me 0:32:46.070 --> 0:32:49.370 read you the verse. It's not talking about Cainan. Cainan 0:32:49.370 --> 0:32:54.800 was the grandson of Noah. Noah, the son of Ham. Uh, 0:32:55.130 --> 0:32:58.250 but in 918, it says Noah's sons who came out 0:32:58.250 --> 0:33:02.960 of the ark were Shem, Ham, and Japheth. Ham was 0:33:02.960 --> 0:33:06.560 the father of Canaan. So that's what we know. Shem, 0:33:06.560 --> 0:33:11.900 Ham and Japheth. People think that because Japheth is mentioned third, 0:33:11.900 --> 0:33:15.780 he's the youngest. Could be. Doesn't necessarily have to be. 0:33:15.960 --> 0:33:21.900 But then in 924 it says, uh, praise the Lord 0:33:21.900 --> 0:33:26.489 God of Shem. Conan will be his slave. God will. 0:33:26.520 --> 0:33:28.590 I'm sorry. I'm reading the wrong verse. When Noah awoke 0:33:28.590 --> 0:33:31.620 from his drinking and learned what his youngest son had 0:33:31.620 --> 0:33:34.800 done to him, well, his youngest son clearly is Ham, 0:33:34.800 --> 0:33:37.860 the father of Canaan. That's what he had done. So 0:33:37.860 --> 0:33:41.010 maybe when the names are listed, they're not listed in 0:33:41.010 --> 0:33:44.910 birth order. That's one possibility. The other possibility is here 0:33:44.910 --> 0:33:48.330 in verse 24, Noah woke from his drinking and learned 0:33:48.330 --> 0:33:51.810 what his the Hebrew could just as well mean his 0:33:51.810 --> 0:33:59.160 younger son, meaning younger than Shem. Okay, but not necessarily youngest. 0:33:59.160 --> 0:34:05.219 So that that could be it as well. I, I don't, 0:34:05.220 --> 0:34:07.200 I don't know what the answer is, but it's one 0:34:07.200 --> 0:34:08.100 of those two. 0:34:08.130 --> 0:34:09.420 Thank you. Okay. 0:34:09.420 --> 0:34:12.570 Thank you thank you Susan as well. And then also 0:34:12.570 --> 0:34:16.989 we have Lori, who sent a question via Facebook. When 0:34:17.020 --> 0:34:21.100 Satan was evicted from heaven, God allowed him to be 0:34:21.100 --> 0:34:24.310 the prince on earth. Where did the angels who were 0:34:24.310 --> 0:34:27.880 with him go? Are they also on earth tempting and 0:34:27.880 --> 0:34:31.360 terrorizing people, believers and non-believers alike? 0:34:31.390 --> 0:34:34.480 Well, I don't know. That's not how I describe demonic works, 0:34:34.480 --> 0:34:39.580 but I think that basically most of the demons are 0:34:39.580 --> 0:34:44.140 the angels that fell with him, became demons, and they are, 0:34:44.170 --> 0:34:48.189 you know, up to their malice and malicious works. That's 0:34:48.190 --> 0:34:52.030 what they're doing. I see them right now. They've been 0:34:52.030 --> 0:34:56.920 tempting Chris, our engineer, this whole hour, uh, trying to 0:34:56.920 --> 0:35:05.320 get the right time for when we're going to come in, so. So, no, 0:35:05.320 --> 0:35:07.030 I don't think that was demons. I think that was 0:35:07.030 --> 0:35:15.160 just normal. Uh, but, uh, The. The interesting thing is that, uh, 0:35:15.880 --> 0:35:19.810 the we don't know, there's some that are, uh, at 0:35:19.810 --> 0:35:23.319 the abyss, they're unleashed in the tribulation period, and they're 0:35:23.320 --> 0:35:26.410 bound from the time that they feld up until the 0:35:26.410 --> 0:35:31.030 future tribulation. So God bound some of them for a while. 0:35:31.060 --> 0:35:34.420 Others are active. We see them operative in the Gospels. 0:35:34.420 --> 0:35:38.319 We see demons operative, uh, in the book of Daniel, 0:35:38.320 --> 0:35:41.800 for example, Daniel chapter ten, the Prince of Persia is 0:35:41.800 --> 0:35:44.319 a demon. Uh, an angel that fell. So that's what 0:35:44.320 --> 0:35:47.830 they're doing. They're just one third of the angels fell 0:35:47.830 --> 0:35:50.589 with Satan, and they're they're they're making trouble. That's what 0:35:50.590 --> 0:35:52.690 they're doing, by the way. You know, one of my 0:35:52.690 --> 0:35:55.570 favorite books. Have you read The Screwtape Letters? 0:35:55.570 --> 0:35:56.469 I have not read. 0:35:56.469 --> 0:35:59.200 That by C.S. Lewis. It's a wonderful book, and it's 0:35:59.230 --> 0:36:05.200 a fictional account of letters from a senior tempter to 0:36:05.230 --> 0:36:10.060 his nephew, a junior tempter named Wormwood. So Uncle Screwtape 0:36:10.070 --> 0:36:14.360 writes to Wormwood, his nephew, and it's all about how 0:36:14.360 --> 0:36:18.920 he should try to tempt his first of all, this man. 0:36:18.920 --> 0:36:21.410 And then finally, when he becomes a Christian, not the 0:36:21.440 --> 0:36:23.480 not the demon, but the demon has to now deal 0:36:23.480 --> 0:36:25.670 with the man becoming a Christian. And what does he 0:36:25.670 --> 0:36:28.489 try to do to harm him? And at times it's 0:36:28.489 --> 0:36:32.359 funny and sometimes it's very insightful. Uh, it's it's a 0:36:32.360 --> 0:36:34.609 it's a great book. And I really encourage you, if 0:36:34.610 --> 0:36:37.279 you want to know the, the wiles of the enemy 0:36:37.280 --> 0:36:38.930 about what he's trying to do to us. That's a 0:36:38.930 --> 0:36:41.810 good book to read. I think it's really very good. Well, 0:36:41.810 --> 0:36:43.310 we're going to take a break here. Thank you. 0:36:43.310 --> 0:36:44.629 Tara, thank you as well. Doctor. 0:36:45.170 --> 0:36:48.350 Nick, that's Tara Haynes, and I'm Michael Riedel. You've been 0:36:48.350 --> 0:36:50.870 listening thus far to Open Line. We're going to come 0:36:50.870 --> 0:36:54.350 back with more of your questions right here. Uh, on 0:36:54.350 --> 0:36:57.680 the air with the with your phone calls. Uh, stay 0:36:57.680 --> 0:37:01.279 with us. This is Moody Radio's open line, and we're 0:37:01.280 --> 0:37:03.649 wishing you a happy holiday. We'll come back with more 0:37:03.650 --> 0:37:04.580 Christmas music. 0:37:04.580 --> 0:37:20.609 In just a moment. While shepherds kept them watching over 0:37:20.610 --> 0:37:29.310 silent flocks by night. Behold, throughout the heavens the sun, 0:37:29.340 --> 0:37:34.680 the holy light. Oh, I said, go tell it on 0:37:34.680 --> 0:37:38.130 the mountain over the hills. 0:37:38.160 --> 0:37:40.410 What a great version! That's one of the. 0:37:40.410 --> 0:37:43.169 First songs I listened to. I was so surprised that 0:37:43.170 --> 0:37:46.140 these two Jewish guys from That's Not Them, but these 0:37:46.140 --> 0:37:49.439 two Jewish guys from New York, Simon and Garfunkel, had 0:37:49.440 --> 0:37:51.149 Go Tell It on the mountain on one of their 0:37:51.150 --> 0:37:53.670 early albums, and I'm like, hmm, I wonder why they 0:37:53.700 --> 0:37:55.799 were doing that. They just liked the folk song. But 0:37:55.800 --> 0:38:00.030 it's a great song. Uh, that the Messiah, Jesus has 0:38:00.030 --> 0:38:03.960 indeed been born. That's what we're celebrating this whole month, 0:38:03.960 --> 0:38:07.500 not just this day or, uh, because it's Candlelight Carols 0:38:07.500 --> 0:38:12.000 at Moody or on the 24th and 25th of December. 0:38:12.030 --> 0:38:15.270 We're celebrating it every day. How great that we have 0:38:15.270 --> 0:38:19.770 a messiah. 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You'll have it. 0:38:58.800 --> 0:39:04.080 It's a book called The Heart of the Apostle. It's about, uh, 0:39:04.080 --> 0:39:06.550 the Apostle Paul's great heart and love for his own 0:39:06.550 --> 0:39:08.799 Jewish people. Based on Romans nine through 11, I think 0:39:08.800 --> 0:39:11.020 you're going to really enjoy it. So many people think 0:39:11.050 --> 0:39:13.930 Paul was trying to make the story of Jesus into 0:39:13.960 --> 0:39:17.620 something more palatable for the Gentiles. When Paul himself says 0:39:17.620 --> 0:39:19.990 what he was trying to do is provoke his own 0:39:19.989 --> 0:39:23.680 people to jealousy by bringing the gospel to the Gentiles. 0:39:23.680 --> 0:39:26.950 It's a great, great book, and all you have to 0:39:26.950 --> 0:39:29.739 do to get it is go to Openline radio.org. Scroll 0:39:29.770 --> 0:39:33.190 down to where you see it. There's a link that 0:39:33.190 --> 0:39:36.460 says A free gift from Chosen People Ministries. Click on 0:39:36.489 --> 0:39:39.009 that and you'll be able to get a copy of 0:39:39.010 --> 0:39:42.580 The Heart of the Apostle. I think you're really going 0:39:42.580 --> 0:39:47.200 to like that. Now we're going to talk to Maria 0:39:47.290 --> 0:39:52.089 in Georgia, listening on the Moody Radio app. Uh, welcome, Maria. 0:39:52.090 --> 0:39:53.350 How can I help you today? 0:39:54.610 --> 0:39:58.600 Yes. Hi. My teenage son has been bringing up the 0:39:58.600 --> 0:40:04.299 400 years of silence between the Old and New Testament. 0:40:04.300 --> 0:40:08.320 Meant and how that affects prophecy, because he has heard 0:40:08.320 --> 0:40:12.939 that the 400 years of silence is not necessarily true. 0:40:12.940 --> 0:40:17.590 And how would we know if Isaiah was written 700 years, 0:40:17.590 --> 0:40:21.460 if we include that 400 years as part of those 0:40:21.820 --> 0:40:23.110 silent years? 0:40:23.140 --> 0:40:26.080 You know, I have no idea what this is talking about. 0:40:26.080 --> 0:40:28.779 I don't know what in the world your son is hearing. 0:40:28.780 --> 0:40:31.810 I've not heard that. It's here's the thing. We know 0:40:31.810 --> 0:40:35.859 when the Kings were reigning and based on when the 0:40:35.860 --> 0:40:42.580 kings reigned, that's when Isaiah gave his prophecies. So, for example, uh, 0:40:42.580 --> 0:40:45.190 I don't have the exact dates in my head, but 0:40:45.190 --> 0:40:48.730 I have them written here in my Bible. Uh, Hezekiah, though, 0:40:48.760 --> 0:40:54.219 would would be right around 700 BC. And so when 0:40:54.250 --> 0:40:58.419 was Abraham Isaiah ministering to him? It was right around 0:40:58.420 --> 0:41:02.590 700 BC. And and so we we date the book 0:41:02.590 --> 0:41:06.259 of Isaiah Somewhere around 700 BC. That's it has nothing 0:41:06.260 --> 0:41:08.900 to do with the 400 silent years. I don't know 0:41:08.900 --> 0:41:11.360 what what people are. Here's the thing. When someone comes 0:41:11.360 --> 0:41:13.370 up with something new and everything you ever heard was 0:41:13.370 --> 0:41:17.330 wrong and all that. Let me just say that's usually 0:41:17.330 --> 0:41:20.270 a sign that when everyone comes up with something innovative 0:41:20.270 --> 0:41:23.719 that no one heard of before. Likely wrong. That's all. 0:41:24.500 --> 0:41:24.890 That's. 0:41:25.280 --> 0:41:28.399 That's what I would say. I don't, you know, see 0:41:28.400 --> 0:41:30.080 if you can get some clarity or have your son 0:41:30.080 --> 0:41:33.050 call so I can find out more about this. Okay. 0:41:33.800 --> 0:41:34.310 Yes. 0:41:34.310 --> 0:41:35.270 Thank you. Okay. 0:41:35.270 --> 0:41:40.069 Thanks, Maria. So, uh, Anne in Fort Myers, Florida, was 0:41:40.219 --> 0:41:43.430 listening on Wcqs. Welcome to open Line, Anne. How can 0:41:43.430 --> 0:41:44.060 I help you? 0:41:44.090 --> 0:41:46.520 Thank you. Thank you for taking my call. 0:41:46.550 --> 0:41:50.420 Um, I've been enjoying reading about Samuel. His courage and 0:41:50.420 --> 0:41:52.670 his heart for the Lord. And I came across a 0:41:52.670 --> 0:41:57.950 verse in first Samuel 227 and it says, now a 0:41:57.950 --> 0:42:00.649 man of God came to Eli and said to him, 0:42:00.650 --> 0:42:03.719 this is what the Lord says. Did I not clearly 0:42:03.719 --> 0:42:07.049 reveal myself to your father's house when when they were 0:42:07.050 --> 0:42:10.950 in Egypt under Pharaoh? And I was wondering, who is 0:42:10.950 --> 0:42:13.140 the man of the Lord? Who are they referring to, 0:42:13.170 --> 0:42:16.830 an angel or another prophet? I just was not clear 0:42:16.830 --> 0:42:17.340 on that. 0:42:17.370 --> 0:42:21.689 The phrase man of God is a term from now. 0:42:21.690 --> 0:42:26.250 This is first. Second Samuel takes place immediately after the judges. 0:42:26.250 --> 0:42:27.930 So we think it was written then, but it was 0:42:27.930 --> 0:42:32.790 more likely written right closer to Kings, because there are 0:42:32.790 --> 0:42:36.420 books that go together first, second Samuel, first second kings. 0:42:36.420 --> 0:42:40.229 They tell one story, you know, it starts with the 0:42:40.230 --> 0:42:46.980 foil for King David. That's, uh, that that's King Saul 0:42:46.980 --> 0:42:52.080 and then King David, then King Solomon, first kings and 0:42:52.080 --> 0:42:55.530 then second kings, the rest of the kings, and so forth. Okay, 0:42:55.560 --> 0:42:59.160 so it's a four volume set, probably written near the 0:42:59.160 --> 0:43:02.740 time of the captivity, and the term that was used 0:43:02.739 --> 0:43:06.370 for a prophet then is man of God. So it 0:43:06.370 --> 0:43:10.779 just means a prophet. Uh, earlier, uh, a prophet was 0:43:10.780 --> 0:43:16.239 called a seer. Uh, but nevertheless, uh, the man of God, 0:43:16.239 --> 0:43:18.399 you see it in first Kings 13. There's a guy, 0:43:18.400 --> 0:43:21.400 he's unnamed. He's an unnamed man of God. He appears. 0:43:21.400 --> 0:43:25.540 You see, Elijah and Elisha, they're called the man of God, uh, 0:43:25.540 --> 0:43:31.150 in different texts. So it just means a prophet. Okay. 0:43:31.360 --> 0:43:33.730 Very good. That really helps me. Thank you so. 0:43:33.730 --> 0:43:34.509 Much. Sure. 0:43:34.510 --> 0:43:38.680 So glad you called. Uh, Drew in Michigan. Welcome to 0:43:38.710 --> 0:43:40.569 Open Line. How can I help you today? 0:43:41.140 --> 0:43:43.900 Hey, doctor, your show is a real blessing. 0:43:43.900 --> 0:43:44.530 Thank you. 0:43:44.920 --> 0:43:50.500 Chapter 18, Book of Revelation describes the future destruction of 0:43:50.530 --> 0:43:54.580 the city of Babylon. At the close of this present age, 0:43:54.850 --> 0:43:59.470 a beloved radio TV pastor teaches that Babylon has to 0:43:59.469 --> 0:44:04.210 be rebuilt in order for the prophecy to be fulfilled 0:44:04.270 --> 0:44:08.710 in light of Christ's imminent return. I find very little 0:44:08.710 --> 0:44:14.920 in my research about a rising, bustling megalopolis of Babylon. 0:44:14.950 --> 0:44:19.690 I believe Babylon refers figuratively to the global Antichrist. 0:44:19.719 --> 0:44:20.410 Well well, well. 0:44:20.440 --> 0:44:22.120 You know what? Let me. Let me just answer what 0:44:22.120 --> 0:44:26.830 you're saying, okay? If that's okay. Uh, I, I agree 0:44:26.830 --> 0:44:30.969 that Babylon has to be rebuilt, or it could very 0:44:30.969 --> 0:44:33.850 well be just a reference to Babylonia, not the particular 0:44:33.850 --> 0:44:37.570 city of Babylon. Uh, Charlie Dyer wrote a great book 0:44:37.570 --> 0:44:41.500 about it called The Rise of Babylon. Uh oh. 0:44:41.500 --> 0:44:41.800 Good. 0:44:41.830 --> 0:44:46.030 And, uh, Charlie is a very trusted prophecy teacher. He 0:44:46.060 --> 0:44:50.290 he wrote two great journal articles about revelation 17 and 18, 0:44:50.290 --> 0:44:54.400 about why we should take the word Babylon there, literally. Uh, 0:44:54.400 --> 0:44:57.760 so I think in Iraq, someday there's either going to 0:44:57.770 --> 0:45:01.520 be a city of Babylon, or it may be just 0:45:01.520 --> 0:45:04.700 referring to Babylonia in general. I don't think Charlie says that, 0:45:04.700 --> 0:45:07.940 but I think it could very well be, which would 0:45:07.940 --> 0:45:12.920 be that same area. And but I do think, you know, 0:45:12.950 --> 0:45:16.430 sometimes when it says, uh, sometimes a city is just 0:45:16.460 --> 0:45:18.950 a city, it's just Babylon. It's don't we don't have 0:45:18.950 --> 0:45:22.730 to find it. I know it's the book of revelation, but, uh, 0:45:22.760 --> 0:45:28.010 you know, usually like when it when it's saying something symbolic, 0:45:28.010 --> 0:45:31.430 it will tell us it's symbolic. No place does it 0:45:31.550 --> 0:45:35.540 look symbolic. And the other thing is the description of 0:45:35.540 --> 0:45:38.899 the fall of Babylon in Revelation 17 and 18 looks 0:45:38.900 --> 0:45:41.779 identical to the description of the fall of Babylon, the 0:45:41.780 --> 0:45:45.980 city of Babylon predicted in Jeremiah 50 and 51. And 0:45:45.980 --> 0:45:51.050 that's never happened. So to make it fit. Uh, so 0:45:51.050 --> 0:45:53.240 how do I believe in the imminency of the Lord Jesus? 0:45:53.239 --> 0:45:57.050 I think the rapture will happen first, and that's can 0:45:57.050 --> 0:46:00.140 happen imminently. Any moment. I'm ready for it right now. 0:46:00.140 --> 0:46:02.570 And then sometime after that, there will be a covenant 0:46:02.570 --> 0:46:05.810 between the future false Messiah and the people of Israel, 0:46:05.810 --> 0:46:09.380 and that will start the tribulation period. And then somewhere 0:46:09.380 --> 0:46:13.549 in there, that's when the fall of Babylon happens in 0:46:13.550 --> 0:46:16.580 the tribulation. So that's what I think about that. But 0:46:16.580 --> 0:46:19.880 mostly I'm looking for Jesus. That's what I want. Uh, well, 0:46:19.880 --> 0:46:22.460 that's the program for the week. Thanks for listening, everyone. 0:46:22.460 --> 0:46:25.100 We'll be back next week with more questions. Get ready 0:46:25.100 --> 0:46:27.290 for Christmas questions next week. I'd love to talk with 0:46:27.290 --> 0:46:29.900 you about your questions about the stories of the birth 0:46:29.900 --> 0:46:32.360 of Jesus. Keep in touch with us by checking out 0:46:32.360 --> 0:46:35.840 our website openline. radio.org. It's got all the links you're 0:46:35.840 --> 0:46:38.870 looking for. I think you'll find that really interesting. Even 0:46:38.870 --> 0:46:41.239 past programs are there if you want them. Keep reading 0:46:41.239 --> 0:46:44.750 the Bible. 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